Unpublished Newswire
In under three years, governments – both Conservative and Liberal, provincial and federal – have leaned on rarely used pieces of legislation to quash labour strikes at least 10 times. The most recent example took place on Tuesday: The Alberta government invoked the notwithstanding clause in a back-to-work bill aimed at 51,000 school teachers who have been on strike since Oct. 6. The clause effectively shielded Bill 2, or the Back to School Act, from being challenged in court on Charter grounds, forcing teachers to return to classrooms and accept a collective agreement almost all of them...
October 29, 2025 - 04:35 | Vanmala Subramaniam | The Globe and Mail
OTTAWA — When Ontario’s two top judges took the stage during the opening of the province’s courts in September, they did something that hadn’t happened in years: they both pleaded for Ottawa to pay for more judges.
“There are not enough judges to meet the demands of the number of cases in the system,” said
Ontario Superior Court Chief Justice Geoffrey Morawetz...
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
A report released by the Building Industry and Land Development Association showed 155 new condos were sold in the GTA in September, a drop of 44 per cent compared to a year ago.
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | Sean Previl | Global News - Canada
Canada is proceeding full-speed ahead on one of the most, if not the most, expensive single military purchases in this country’s history. The plan is to buy up to 12 new submarines to replace the navy's current aging fleet of Victoria-class boats. Read More
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | David Pugliese, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
OTTAWA — The upcoming federal budget will feature a broad new strategy to boost the performance of Canadian business, including measures to allow companies to write off their new machinery and other capital costs more aggressively, National Post has learned.
Government sources confirmed that the budget, to be unveiled next week, will take aim at Canada’s lagging productivity and competitiveness, while reducing the risk and uncertainty of corporate investment.
The new strategy, largely a response to Canada’s tariff battles with the United States and China, will include changes to the...
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | Simon Tuck | National Post
OTTAWA — When Mark Carney was first campaigning for the job of Liberal leader and, ultimately, prime minister, he cast himself as a political outsider.
After winning the job, Carney recruited another political outsider to join his ranks: Energy Minister Tim Hodgson.
Hodgson and Carney go way back. The prime minister tapped Hodgson to serve as his special advisor when he was appointed governor of the Bank of Canada. A former investment banker, Hodgson joined the Liberals as a political newbie and was soon handed the file of natural resources. It comes at a time when the prime...
October 29, 2025 - 04:00 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
